Take a look at these trend lines from Indeed.com (Yes, you read that right. That is EIGHTY THOUSAND percent growth in silverlight jobs) - Here is the trend line for Flash jobs - Growth is there but the total number of jobs are clearly stabilizing. Here are the absolute number of jobs - ...
SoCal Code Camp is coming up on November 21st & 22nd 2009 at University of Southern California, Los Angeles. There is just an incredible lineup of sessions. If you are trying to make up your mind about the sessions to attend, here are my recommendations - 1. Attend as many of Llewellyn Falco’s and Woody Zuill’s sessions as you can. Specially, Unit Testing The Easy Way and one of the Dojo sessions. Any one of these sessions will make your entire trip worthwhile. ...
DbUpdater can be used with mysql. Here are the files you need to jumpstart the integration - DbUpdater-MySql.zip 1. You might need to change the path to mysql.exe in mysql-exec.bat. 2. Modify values in mysql-sample-command-line.bat. Make sure mysql.data.dll is placed in GAC or in the same directory as DbUpdater.exe. Connector binaries can be downloaded from here - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html
My invitation code for SQL Azure CTP finally arrived. I had been waiting for this. You can create a database in from the SQL Azure Management page, shown above. After you have created the database, of course, you can use DbUpdater with your SQL Azure databases. Here is the command-line : DbUpdater.exe ..\SqlScripts /server:“tcp:SERVER.ctp.database.windows.net” /db:DATABASE /user:“USER@SERVER” /password:PASSWORD /confirm:true And you will need this DbUpdater.exe.config file : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> You can run sqlcmd.exe directly to execute t-sql scripts on SQL Azure. Here is a sample command : sqlcmd.exe -S SERVER.ctp.database.windows.net -U USER@SERVER -P PASSWORD -d DB -i “baseline.sql” ...
Finalized online backup solution : JungleDisk. I can run it on all of my machines without paying extra. I get to keep the ownership of my data - by using my own Amazon S3 storage. Backed up all family photos - all 30 GBs. Feeling good :)
I have switched to Thematic theme on this blog over the weekend. I created a child theme after playing around with the customization hooks. I added a widgetized area below main asides, did some css modifications and created a three column, flexible layout just the way I wanted. I am so glad I switched to Thematic. ThemeShaper ForumsThemeShaper forums are very helpful. These articles were just what I needed to get started : How to make a child theme for WordPress and How I used a WordPress Child Theme To Redesign My Blog.
SoCal CodeCamp was a blast. Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation : If it walks like a Scrum. The slide-deck can be downloaded from here.
Special purpose UI prototyping tools, like the ones listed on C2 Wiki, offer a convenient blend of usability and flexibility. I have tried some of these tools. I was looking for something that - doesn’t become unwieldy when used to prototype a large and complex GUI allows me to use my own screenshots/images/icons allows me to modify the prototype without making it a hair-pulling experience. can prototype all aspects and artifacts of modern web and desktop interfaces, specially - tree controls - you will be surprised how many prototyping tools don’t have this. Pencil, I am looking at you :) tabbed panels - can you position your tabs at the bottom ? on the right edge ? film strips ribbons NavBars ...
My 18 month old son woke me up at 4 in the morning. I got him to go back to sleep, but … and here I am writing. A few weeks ago, I downloaded Scratch from M.I.T’s website. Scratch is a programming language for kids. You drag/drop and (literally) snap together programming constructs to create games. Within a couple of minutes, I had a diver chasing a ball bouncing around on the screen. ...
I will be attending Jason Beres’ “RIA with Silverlight and WCF” lecture on Saturday the 4th. Check-out the details here : Los Angeles .NET Developers Group. Let me know If you are planning to be there. It will be a great opportunity to meet.